Upon Art Quotes
- Interpretation is the revenge of the intellect upon art. Even more. It is the revenge of the intellect upon the world. To interpret is to… — Susan Sontag
- No generation is interested in art in quite the same way as any other; each generation, like each individual, brings to the contemplation of art… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
- In a culture whose already classical dilemma is the hypertrophy of the intellect at the expense of energy and sensual capability, interpretation is the revenge… — Susan Sontag
- Interpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art. — Susan Sontag
- Today is such a time, when the project of interpretation is largely reactionary, stifling. Like the fumes of the automobile and of heavy industry which… — Susan Sontag